The transition from class 9 to class 10 is a very exciting moment for the students and parents in class 8. Class 9 and 10 form the basis on which students’ decision on whether to joint International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme IBDP or Btech curriculum. Upon joining class 9, the following subjects are offered.

• Mathematics
• English (Both Language and Literature)
• Swahili
• History
• Geography
• Business studies
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• French
• Music
• Visual Arts

From these subjects, those pursuing Btech will choose Business and Art while those pursuing IBDP will choose among the remaining subjects based on their ability and career choices.

Teachers teaching class 9 and 10 are competent and qualified in their various disciplines. They have a tricky role of balancing between Waldorf philosophy and high school expectations of ensuring that students excel in their exams. They collaborate closely with IBDP teachers to ensure that they prepare students adequately for the IB course.

Co-curricular activities include swimming, soccer and basketball. Students are required to participate fully in one or more co-curricular activity. These activities are not limited to the three mentioned above. We have students who privately play golf, table tennis, Net ball among others.

The Diploma Programme (DP) is a rigorous pre-university course of study designed for students in the 16 to 19 age range. It is a broad-based two-year course that aims to encourage students to be knowledgeable and inquiring, but also caring and compassionate. There is a strong emphasis on encouraging students to develop intercultural understanding, open-mindedness, and the attitudes necessary for them to respect and evaluate a range of points of view.

The course is presented as six academic areas enclosing a central core. Students study two modern languages (or a modern language and a classical language), a humanities or social science subject, an experimental science, mathematics and one of the creative arts. Instead of an arts subject, students can choose two subjects from another area. It is this comprehensive range of subjects that makes the Diploma Programme a demanding course of study designed to prepare students effectively for university entrance. In each of the academic areas students have flexibility in making their choices, which means they can choose subjects that particularly interest them and that they may wish to study further at university.

Normally, three subjects (and not more than four) are taken at higher level (HL), and the others are taken at standard level (SL). The IB recommends 240 teaching hours for HL subjects and 150 hours for SL. Subjects at HL are studied in greater depth and breadth than at SL. In addition, three core elements—the extended essay, theory of knowledge and creativity, activity, service—are compulsory and central to the philosophy of the Programme.